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Energy sizing lab · Updated for 2026 rates

Know exactly how much battery you need before you buy.

Pick the appliances you want to keep running, set the hours, and kWh Lab calculates the capacity, inverter size, and the power stations that actually fit. No guesswork, no sales pitch.

Independent & ad-supported Based on real appliance draw Updated as rates change

Battery & solar generator sizing

Live readout

Wattages are typical running draw. Adjust quantity and hours per outage — the readout updates instantly.

    Recommended capacity
    0Wh nameplate
    Energy needed / outage0 Wh
    Peak load (inverter)0 W
    Est. daily solar to refill
    Add a load to estimate runtime.

    Power stations that fit this load

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    Add at least one appliance to see recommended units.

    01 / TOOLKIT

    The kWh Lab toolkit

    Each tool ranks for a real question people search before they spend. This is the template you replicate across the site.

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    02 / LIBRARY

    Guides that feed the tools

    Programmatic, per-appliance and per-state pages. Fewer, genuinely useful pages beat thousands of thin ones.